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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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